Acme Boot Co.

Acme Boots was founded in 1929, during the Great Depression. Two Chicago shoe manufacturers, Jessel Cohn and his son, Sidney, decided to move their children’s and infants' shoemaking plant from Chicago, Illinois to Clarksville, Tennessee. They set up their business in a two-story brick building on Crossland Avenue and called it the Acme Shoe Manufacturing Company. They hired 100 employees and began producing sandal-like footwear for children and infants under the name Just-Kids. The shoes sold for 40 to 50 cents a pair. The Cohns continued their children’s business until 1935, when the senior Cohn returned home. While on his trip, Cohn saw a pair of western boots that cost $65.00. Cohn took a pair of boots back to Clarksville to see how they were made. He studied the boots carefully. After his inspection, he and his son decided they could produce the same boots on an assembly line, allowing them to sell the boots for a better price. A short time later, the Cohns dropped their children’s footwear line in favor of the boots and renamed the company Acme Boots. In the 1940s, Acme Boots became the largest maker of cowboy boots and remained the world's largest until the mid-1980s.

In 2002, Acme Boot brand was put up up for sale, where it was purchased by H.H. Brown, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, and placed under the Double-H Boots brand label, where it remains today.

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Acme Boots was founded in 1929, during the Great Depression. Two Chicago shoe manufacturers, Jessel Cohn and his son, Sidney, decided to move their children’s and infants' shoemaking plant from Chicago, Illinois to Clarksville, Tennessee. They set up their business in a two-story brick building on Crossland Avenue and called it the Acme Shoe Manufacturing Company. They hired 100 employees and began producing sandal-like footwear for children and infants under the name Just-Kids. The shoes sold for 40 to 50 cents a pair. The Cohns continued their children’s business until 1935, when the senior Cohn returned home. While on his trip, Cohn saw a pair of western boots that cost $65.00. Cohn took a pair of boots back to Clarksville to see how they were made. He studied the boots carefully. After his inspection, he and his son decided they could produce the same boots on an assembly line, allowing them to sell the boots for a better price. A short time later, the Cohns dropped their children’s footwear line in favor of the boots and renamed the company Acme Boots. In the 1940s, Acme Boots became the largest maker of cowboy boots and remained the world's largest until the mid-1980s.

In 2002, Acme Boot brand was put up up for sale, where it was purchased by H.H. Brown, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, and placed under the Double-H Boots brand label, where it remains today.

 

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